If you're like most people, then your favorite character in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet isn't either of the two eponymous lovers — rather, it's Benvolio. Or maybe Mercutio. In any case, Rachel Caine is retelling the play from Benvolio's perspective, with magic — and here's an exclusive book trailer. »11/11/13 11:15am 11/11/13 11:15am

Sorry, Black Widow, but our favorite avenging female super-spy will always be Emma Peel of the classic British spy-fi show The Avengers, which you can pick up for a steal tomorrow — plus American Horror Story goes crazy, Chucky returns and Captain Mal is an ass, all in this week’s DVD releases! »10/07/13 1:20pm 10/07/13 1:20pm

Do you have a child you'd like to get interested in Shakespeare? Are you worried that the Bard's prose might be too indecipherable, or the plays too violent, or simply not interesting enough for today's kids with their iPads and Twitters and Biebers and Pokémons? Well, today is your lucky day, because the Robot… »3/07/13 2:30pm 3/07/13 2:30pm

When most people think of Shakespeare, they immediately think of the Globe Theatre (thanks, Doctor Who). But more than two decades before the Globe opened its doors in 1599, the Curtain Theatre was home to some of the world's first performances of plays like Henry V and Romeo and Juliet. »6/07/12 10:20am 6/07/12 10:20am

Since March, Punchdrunk theater company's immersive Shakespeare adaptation Sleep No More has converted an entire Manhattan loft building into a 100-room abandoned hotel from the 1940s. »11/13/11 3:40pm 11/13/11 3:40pm

Nathan Fillion just tweeted a link to MuchAdotheMovie.com, which announces the conclusion of principal photography on Joss Whedon's Much Ado About Nothing, an adaptation of the Shakespeare play. Is this a prank? A short film? Or did Whedon really find time to film another movie in the midst of working on The Avengers?… »10/23/11 7:53pm 10/23/11 7:53pm

Nothing could be better than a reboot of Terminator 2, written in the Elizabethan English that Shakespeare spoke. You know you want to see it. This summer, with your help, a theater company will stage Terminator the Second. »4/27/11 4:00pm 4/27/11 4:00pm

2010 was a great year for CG animated movies from the "other" studios: How To Train Your Dragon and MegaMind both rocked. But can Gnomeo & Juliet finally equal Pixar with its strange/cute retelling of Romeo and Juliet? »1/19/11 11:20am 1/19/11 11:20am

Here's an exclusive first look at the latest issue of IDW's Kill Shakespeare, a fantasy miniseries about the Bard's creations taking arms against him. In this preview, things become extremely real between Othello and that meddling Iago. »12/20/10 7:00am 12/20/10 7:00am

In this exclusive clip from Julie Taymor's The Tempest, Prince Ferdinand falls in love-at-first-glance with Prospera (Helen Mirren)'s daughter Miranda. Nobody writes young lovers like Shakespeare, especially when his prose is brought to life by these flaxen-haired beauties. »12/03/10 6:30am 12/03/10 6:30am

We love it when Hollywood remakes a Shakespeare classic — sans teeny-bopper trappings. We're especially tickled by The Tempest's decision to gender-swap the magical "Prospera," so Helen Mirren could be cast. Check out a collection of new Tempest stills. »11/10/10 11:37am 11/10/10 11:37am